Living Labyrinths

The didgeridoo is one of the weirdest instruments on the planet. In the U.S. it's often been the province of hippies, but when you get past those connotations, it exerts a truly strange and almost psychedelic pull. Its gruff and guttural yowl seems to emanate from deep inside the earth itself. Kent's 2004 album has semi-mystical origins: It was recorded in Oakland, Calif.'s Chapel of the Chimes during the summer solstice. He didn't know he was being recorded, and he was hooked up to a digital processor that delayed and harmonized with his playing. The first 100 minutes were captured on tape.